Eyoku-1 kwabaseTesalonika
ISAHLUKO1
1UPawulosnoSilvanonoTimotibabhalelaibandla labaseTesalonika,elikuThixouYise,neNkosiyethuuYesu Kristu;bathi,Makubelubabalokuni,noxolooluvela kuThixouBawowethu,neNkosiyethuuYesuKristu.
2SihlalasibulelakuyeuThixongenxayenunonke; sinikhumbulaemithandazweniyethu;
3singayekiukuwukhumbulaumsebenziwenuwokholo, nokubulalekakwenukothando,nokunyamezelakwenu kokuthembaiNkosiyethuuYesuKristu,phambikoThixo uBawowethu;
4sisazi,bazalwanabaziintanda,ukunyulwakwenu nguThixo.
5Kubaiindabaezilungileyozethuazibangakuningantetho yodwa;njengokubanisaziukubasasinjaninaphakathi kwenungenxayenu.
6NaninabangabaxelisathinanayoiNkosi,nalamkelayo njeilizwinisembandezelwenieninzi,ninovuyoloMoya oyiNgcwele;
7nadanabayimifuziselokubobonkeabakholwayo, abakwelaseMakedoninelaseAkaya
8KubalahlokomalivelakuniilizwileNkosi,akwaba kwelaseMakedoninelaseAkayalodwa;ngokokudesingabi sathethanto
9Kubabonabayasityela,ukubakunjaninaukungena kwethukuni,nokokubaniguqukelenjekuThixo,niphuma izithixo,nikhonzauThixoophilileyooyinyaniso; 10nilindeuNyanawakheevelaemazulwini,awamvusayo kwabafileyo,kwauYesuosihlangulayokuyoingqumbo ezayo
ISAHLUKO2
1Kubaniyakwazingokwenu,bazalwana,ukungena kwethukuni,ukubaakulambathanga; 2sesuka,nakubabesiveubunzimangenxaengaphambili, siphethwekakubieFilipi,njengokonaziyo,asafihlisa, sikuyeuThixowethu,ukuzithethakuniiindaba ezilungileyozikaThixo,sinomzamoomkhulu
3Kubauvuselelolwethualuphumienkohlisweni, lungaphuminasekungcoleni,lungekhoenkohlisweni; 4Sithi,njengokosicikidiweyonguThixo,ukuba siphathisweiindabaezilungileyo,senjenjaloukuthetha; singangisikholisaabantu,kubasikholisauThixo ozicikidayoiintliziyozethu.
5Kubakananjalo,njengokonaziyo,asizangasibenantetho yakucengacenga,namkhusanewakubawa;UThixo ulingqina:
6singafuninokufunaluzukobantwini,nokubakukuni, nokubakukwabanye,nakubabesinakoukubangumthwalo ngokwabapostilebakaKristu
7Sisukesabangabathantamisayophakathikwenu, njengokubaumamaebagcinileabantwanabakhe; 8ngokunjalosinilangazelelanje,kwakholekakuthiukuba singanelikunabelaiindabaezilungileyozikaThixonje
kodwa,sinabelenobomibethu,ngenxaenokubanaba ziintandakuthi
9Kubaniyakukhumbula,bazalwana,ukubulalekakwethu nemiguyethu;kubasazivakalisakuniiindabaezilungileyo zikaThixo,sisebenzaubusukunemini,ukuzesingabi mthwalonakubanikuni.
10Ningamangqinanina,kwanoThixo,ukubasabanjanina ukubangcwele,nokubanobulungisa,nokungabi nakusolekaphakathikwenubakholwayo;
11Njengokonisazi,ukubabesiniyala,sinikhuza,siniyala elowowenu,njengoyiseesenzakubantwanabakhe; 12ukuzenihambengokumfaneleyouThixo,onibizelayo kobakheubukumkaninozuko
13Ngenxayoko,nathisiyabulelakuyeuThixosingayeki, ukubanathi,ukulamkelailizwilikaThixolodabakuthi, analamkelalililizwilabantu;liyasebenzanakuni bakholwayo
14Kubanina,bazalwana,nabangabaxelisaamabandla kaThixoakwelakwaYuda,akuKristuYesu;
15wonaayibulalayoiNkosiuYesukwanabawoabaprofeti, asitshutshisanathi;abamkholisiuThixo,bachasenenabantu bonke;
esalelathinaukubasithethekuzoiintlanga,ukuze zisindiswe,esenzelaukubaazaliseizonozawongamaxesha onkeIwafikelekeingqumbo,kwadakwasekupheleni 17Thinake,bazalwana,sanihluthwayonjeixesha elifutshanengesiqu,kungengantliziyo,sakhuthalela ngokugqithiseleyoukububonaubusobenu,sinqwena kakhulu
18Kungokosathandayoukuzakuni,mnaPawuloslo, kwakanyenakabini;kodwauSathanawasithintela 19Kubaliyintoninaithembalethu,novuyolwethu, nesithsabasethusoqhayiso?Asininina,phambikweNkosi yethuuYesuKristuekufikenikwayo? 20Kubaniniuzukonovuyolwethu.
ISAHLUKO3
1Kungokokwathi,singasenakuzibamba,kwakholekakuthi ukubasisaleeAtenesedwa
2sithumeuTimoti,umzalwanawethu,umlungiseleli kaThixo,osebenzanathikuzoiindabaezilungileyo zikaKristu,ukubaanizimase,anithuthuzelengenxa yokhololwenu;
3kungabikhonamnyeushukunyiswayozezimbandezelo; kubanisazingokwenuukubasimiselwezona
4Kubaxenikwenibesikuni,sanixelelangenxa engaphambiliukubasizakubandezelwa;njengokuba kwabanjalo,naniniyazi
5Ngenxayokoke,ndingasenakuzibamba,ndathumela ukubandilwaziukhololwenu,hlezeabeunihendile uMhendi,sabasifumanesabulaleka
6NgokukeuTimoti,akufikakuthievelakuni, wasishumayezaiindabaezilungileyozokholonothando lwenu;
7Sithuthuzelekilengoko,bazalwana,ngani,kuyoyonke imbandezelonembandezeloyethu,ngaloukhololwenu;
8Kubangokusiphilile,ukubaninanithinimeeNkosini
9KubasingambuyekezangambulelomninakuThixo ngenxayenu,kulolonkeuvuyoesivuyangalongenxayenu phambikoThixowethu?
10Ubusukuneminisikhungangokugqithiseleyokakhulu, ukubasibuboneubusobenu,sikuzaliseukusilelakokholo lwenu?
11WangakeuThixongokwakhe,uBawowethu,neNkosi yethuuYesuKristu,angayilungisaindlelayethuyokuza kuni
12YangakeiNkosiinganandisa,niphuphume eluthandweni,omnyekomnyenakubobonke, kwanjengokubasisenjenjalokuni;
13ukuzeizizimaseiintliziyozenu,zingabinakusoleka, zibengcwelephambikoThixouBawowethu,ekufikeni kweNkosiyethuuYesuKristunabobonkeabangcwele bayo.
ISAHLUKO4
Elokugqibangoko,bazalwana,siyanicelasiniyala siseNkosiniuYesu,ukubanithi,njengokuba nakwamkelayokuthi,okokubanimelwekukuthinina ukuhambanokumkholisauThixo,nikhulekukongakumbi
2Kubaniyaziukubazabaziziyalozinina,esaniyalangazo ngeNkosiuYesu.
3KubaokukukuthandakukaThixo,ukungcwaliswakwenu, ukubanikhumkekulouhenyuzo;
4ukubaelowokuniakwaziukusizuzaasiphatheesakhe isityaenobungcwalisa,enembeko;
5kuthabathekeyinkanuko,njengeentlangaezingamaziyo uThixo;
6ukubakungabikhougqithisayo,amlumkiseumzalwana wakheemcimbinilowo;
7KubauThixoakasibizelangaekungcoleni;
8Ngokokelowougibayo,akagibimntu,ugibauThixo, owasinikayonokusinikauMoyawakheoyiNgcwele
9Kekaloku,ngalouthandolobuzalwana,akufunekiukuba ndinibhalele;kubaninangokwenuningabafundiswe nguThixoukubanithandane
10okuneneniyakwenzaokokubobonkeabazalwana abakwelaseMakedoniliphela;
11nikhuthaleleukuzola,nenzeimicimbiyenu,nisebenze ngezandlazenu,njengokosaniwiselaumthethongako.
12ukuzenihambengokubekileyongakwabobangaphandle, ningaswelinto
13Keandithandiukubaningazi,bazalwana,mayela nabaleleukufa,ukuzeningabibuhlungunjengabanye abangenathembabona
14KubaxasikholwaukubauYesuwafa,wabuyawavuka, kwangokunjalonayeuThixowozanaboabaleleukufa ngayeuYesu,kunyenaye.
15KubaokusiyakutshokuningelizwileNkosiukuthi, thinababudlayoubomi,bayakubabesekhoekufikeni kweNkosi,asisayikubaphangelaabaleleukufa
16NgokubaiNkosingokwayoiyakuhlaemazulwini inendanduluko,inelizwilesiphatha-zithunywa,inexilongo likaThixo,bazeabafelekuKristubavukekuqala; 17sandulethinababudlayoubomi,basaseleyo,sixwilelwe emafinikwakunyenabo,siyekuyikhawulelaiNkosi esibhakabhakeni;sizengokunjalosihlalesihleli, sindawonyeneNkosi
18Kungokondithi,Thuthuzelananingalamazwi
ISAHLUKO5
1Kekalokungawoamaxeshanamathuba,bazalwana, akufunekingantoukubandinibhalele; 2kubananingokwenuniyazingokucacileyo,ukubaimini yeNkosi,njengeselaebusuku,yenjenjaloukuzakwayo 3Kubaxenikwenibayakuthi,Luxolonokunqaba;oko bayakufikelwayintshabalalisongebhaqo,kwanjengenimba komithiyo;bayebengayikusinda
4Kenina,bazalwana,anisebumnyameni,ukubaiminileyo iniqubulenjengesela
5Ninanonkeningoonyanabokukhanya,nathi singabantwanabemini;
6Ngokomasingalali,njengabanyeaba;masiphaphesibe ziingcathu
7Kubaabaleleyobalalaebusuku;nabanxilayobanxila ebusuku
8Kethinabangabeminimasibeziingcathu,sinxibe isigcina-sifubasokholonothando;nesigcina-ntloko esilithembalosindiso
9KubauThixoakasimiselangangqumbo;usimisele ukuzuzausindisongayoiNkosiyethuuYesuKristu; 10owasifelayo,ukuzenokubasihleli,nokubasilele,sidle ubomikwakunyenaye
11Kungokondithi,Thuthuzelanani,nakhane, kwanjengokubanisenjenjalo
12Kekalokusiyanicela,bazalwana,ukubanibazi ababulalekayophakathikwenu,abanongamelayoeNkosini, abanilulekayo;
13nibabekengokugqithiseleyokakhuluukubathanda, ngenxayomsebenziwabo.Hlalaningoxolophakathi kwenu
14Kekalokusiyaniyala,bazalwana,bavuseleleni abanxaxhayo,bathuthuzeleniabathambileyo; 15Lumkani,kungabikhobaniubuyekezaububingobubi nakubani;hlalaniniphuthumaokokulungileyo,phakathi kwenu,nakubantubonke. 16Vuyaningonaphakade; 17Thandazaniningaphezi; Ezintwenizonkebulelani;kubaokokukuthandakukaThixo kuKristuYesungani 19MusaniukumcimauMoya; 20Iziprofetomusaniukuzenzaintoengento. 21Zicikidenizonkeizinto;nibambeleyointle 22Khumkanikuzozonkeiintlobozenkohlakalo 23WangakeuThixowoxolongokwakheanganingcwalisa niphelelisekile;uthi,ugqibeleleowenuumoya nomphefumlonomzimba,ugcinwengokungenakusoleka ekufikenikweNkosiyethuuYesuKristu
24Uthembekileonibizayo,oyakukwenzanokukwenza oko
25Bazalwana,sithandazeleni; 26Bulisanikubobonkeabazalwanangolwango olungcwele
27NdiyanifungisaiNkosiukubalencwadiileswekubo bonkeabazalwanaabangcwele
28UbabalolweNkosiyethuuYesuKristumalubenani. Amen(IncwadiyokuqalaeyakwabaseTesalonika yabhalwaeAtene)